Xanthochorus

Xanthochorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Xanthochorus
Fischer, 1884

Xanthochorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Xanthochorus include:

References

  1. ^ Xanthochorus Fischer, 1884.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404387 on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip, 1833).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404388 on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Xanthochorus cassidiformis (Blainville, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404389 on 25 April 2010.